Yes - both a child and one of their parents can be assessed for allergy in the same clinic visit at NIRA Child Clinic, and this is a service I specifically offer because of how frequently I see the pattern: the parent brings their child for an allergy evaluation and during the consultation it becomes clear that the parent has the same underlying sensitisation and untreated allergic disease. My AASC training - the Advanced Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology Specialist Course - encompasses allergy evaluation and management across all ages, not only paediatrics, which means I can perform skin prick testing and interpret allergy results for adults with the same clinical framework I apply to children. The practical benefit for families in Chennai is significant: rather than attending a paediatric allergy clinic for the child and then a separate adult allergy or respiratory clinic for the parent - which often means different locations, different appointment wait times, and incomplete information-sharing between clinicians - both can be assessed together. The allergen sensitisation profiles often overlap, which means the avoidance advice and the allergen immunotherapy considerations can be discussed for the family as a unit rather than separately. At both the Kolathur and Perambur clinics, I welcome families where both children and adults need allergy evaluation.
Written by Dr. R. Arvind Kumar, MBBS, DNB Paediatrics, AASC (Advanced Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology Specialist Course, 2026), Consultant Pediatrician and Child Specialist, NIRA Child Clinic, 68, 80 Feet Road, Thanikachalam Nagar, Kolathur, Chennai 600110 | Indiraa's Pediatric Clinic (now NIRA Child Clinic), No 62, Foxen Street, Amrithammal Colony, Perambur, Chennai 600011. 18+ years, 30,000+ patients. Phone: +91 9361409090 / 8608686704.
